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The Scroll newspaper has been in print since 1905, when BYU-Idaho was known as the Ricks Academy, a locally run school with a newly-developed high school program. At the time this newspaper was known as the “Student Rays,” and was printed monthly. In 1933 the name of the newspaper changed to “The Purple Flash.” In 1937 the name was changed again to “Viking Flashes,” and in 1938 the name finally changed to “The Viking Scroll.” The paper continued under this name until 1972, when it changed to “The Scroll.” The Scroll is still in print at BYU-Idaho as its official newspaper.

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Volume C VII • Issue 40
J u l y 1 3 , 1 9 95
Congo tells story of greed In
an African rainforest.
Review Pg. 6.
T h u r s d a y
weather
High: 79°
Low: 47°
I n s i d e
News 2
Classifieds 8
A&E 6
Opinion 4
Radio station broadens students' horizons
By Angela Polmateer
"Good morning, it's ten 'till nine
and you're listening to 91.5 FM.
KWBH!"
As you hear these words and
reach for the snooze button, stu­dents
at KWBH are already working
for your listening enjoyment.
Students who work at the station
must take audio production (Comm.
256) and radio station operations
(Comm 265R). Ernie Riedelbach, fac­ulty
adviser for KWBH, said'working
at KWBH is part of the class, but
students can apply for paid positions
such as student manager and pro­gram
director.
"All students and staff do get on
the air, but only three are actually
paid" Riedelbach said. They hold
staff meetings and direct the rest of
the announcers.
The majority (of students) are in
the class to teach themselves how to
be radio broadcasters" Riedelbach
said. "Many of our students are
broadcast majors. Some lean toward
television, and others are radio
inclined."
The news director for KWBH works
under the supervision of Mark
Bailey, instructor for the news class,
taught in the fall and winter semes­ters.
Riedelbach said Bailey selects a
news director from these classes,
and this person is paid from the
KWBH budget.
However, station manager is the
only paid position during the sum­mer
terms. John Snelders, a sopho­more
from
Soda
Springs,
Idaho, cur­rently
holds
this position.
Snelders'
previous
radio experi­ence
includes
employment
at KFIS and
KBRVin
Soda Springs
and KADQ in
Rexburg.
Snelders'
responsibili­ties
as sta­tion
manager
vary between
the summer
and fall
terms.
"I don't
have any
help during
the summer
and get just as
much time on
the air as the
other stu­dents"
he said. In addition to air
time, Snelders helps instruct the
class, grade commercial productions
and see how the other announcers
do. In addition, he decides what
music is suitable and makes up a
log of what will be played. "We try to
have live announcers all the time. In
the fall it won't be my main job to be
By ROBYN LARSEN
Teri Anderson, a sophomore f r om Cary, IM.C, prepares the next song t o be broad­casted
on KWBH radio, a student-operated radio station located on the t h i rd floor
of the Jacob Spori Building. KWBH is one of t w o college radio stations.
New Area Presidencies and Seventies named
Two new members of the
Presi­dency
of
Seventy
i i i d
changes
in area
on »i~
dency
assign­ments
were an­nounced
Goaslind
at the beginning of July by
the First Presidency of The
Church of Jesus Christ of
Latter-day Saints.
Elder Jack G. Goaslind
and Elder Harold G. Hillam
have been called to served
in the Presidency of the
Seventy, replacing Elder Rex
D. Pinegar and Elder
Charles Didier, who have
been given area presidency
assignments.
The changes in the presi­dencies
are effective August
15.
The church divides the
world into 22 "areas" and
members of the Seventy are
called to
serve in
presiden­cies
over
these
areas.
As
such,
they are
responsi­ble
for
adminis-
HilSam t e r i ng
church matters in their
issfgned rea.
on the air" he said.
Snelders' said he enjoys getting on
the air and having a good time with
the listening audience. "I like work­ing
with the equipment and what I
can do with sound, music and
voice" he added.
"Most of the time in broadcasting,
the main thing employers look for is
experience"
Riedelbach said.
He added that
employers today
want those with a
college degree, but
students must
have the degree
and experience if
they want to go
very far.
"KWBH and
Ricks give a
unique opportuni­ty.
Very few other
junior colleges
have two radio
stations, one
being student-operated."
"We're only
freshmen and sophomores, but we
get hands-on experience at Ricks
that in many places, you'd only get
as a junior." Snelders added.
For those interested in hitting the
airwaves, Snelders said, "Get all the
air time you can get, and don't be
afraid to volunteer or make mis­takes."
His lucky break came at age 14,
when a microphone was handed to
him during halftime at a basketball
game. He said those who get on the
air should not worry about being
embarrassed. The station teaches
them to work at it and gives them
the hands-on opportunity."
KWBH covered womens home bas­ketball
games and the baseball tour­nament
in St. George last school
year and was the only station to
cover the ground-breaking ceremony
for the new religion building.
"We're trying to do the same things
as commercial stations by training
student to do live broadcast"
Riedelbach said. The station plans to
continue its live broadcasts and
hopes to expand to covering all away
games.